Beecher Instruments(美国)
Beecher Instruments
美国BeecherInstruments www.beecherinstruments.comBeecher公司是一家生产组织芯片点样仪的元老级的公司BeecherInstrumentsdevelopsgenomicandproteomicresearchtools.Beecherhaspioneeredtissuemicroarrayinstrumentation,anditholdssever
alissuedandpendingpatentsfortissuearrayerdesigns.Beforetissuearraysweredeveloped,theconventionalmethodfortissueanalysisinvolvedpathologistsandhistologistsstudyingspecimensonesection,oneslideatatime.Theadvantagesofbeingabletostainandinterpretmultiplespecimensinoneslideareratherobvious,andreseachershaveindeeduseddifferentmethods(forexample,constructionof"sausage"blocks)forproducingmulti-tissueslideswellbeforethedevelopmentofthemoderntissuemicroarrayapproach.However,theoldmulti-tissueblockmethodsweretimeconsuming,damagedtheoriginaltissueblocksanddidnotallowforgenerationofblockswithmanyspecimens.Asaresult,multi-tissueblocksremainedin